Checking In With This Year’s Rising Leaders of Color
The 8 individuals in this year’s cohort don’t just make theatre; over the past year and going forward, they are all about making change.
Special Section
The Critical Revolution Will Be Tweeted
The pandemic led to innovative, alternative forms of theatre. Can theatre criticism keep up?
All the Screen’s a Stage: A Transmedia Manifesto
As theatremakers celebrate the return to in-person, in-venue performances, it’s imperative to keep open the doors offered by digital theatre and celebrate its place alongside the stage.
Director/Deviser: Tina Satter
The downtown artist didn’t ever expect or hope to be on Broadway, but her docutheatre piece ‘Is This A Room’ has defied expectations all along.
Playwright: Douglas Lyons
Lyons is out to change the theatre canon, and serving ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ on Broadway is just the one step along the way.
Choreographer: Ricardo Aponte
When the pandemic cut short a crazy-busy schedule, Aponte used the time to fulfill a dream of giving back to his community.
Production Manager: Miguel Flores
With a focus on experimental opera, Miguel Flores’s career has him looking forward toward a more human-centric way of working.
Actor: Jomar Tagatac
He’s grateful to be back in front of audiences, and also hopeful that a year-plus of down time has shown the field the true value of artists’ work.
Costume and Set Designer: Silvia de Marta
When the pandemic hit her career on both sides of the Atlantic, she got the unique chance to help develop productions in gestation.
Designer: Bridgette Dennett
Teaching design remotely had some upsides, she learned, but she’s eager to get her hands back on her craft and its tools.
